Paris Saint-Germain celebrates a very sad birthday this Saturday, February 22, 2025. There is a whole one year, the Parisian club learned of the death of Artur Jorge at the age of 78. The former Portuguese coach died from a long illness. The man with the famous mustache had led the residents of the Parc des Princes from 1991 to 1994, then a few months in the 1998-1999 season.
On this special day for the capital's team, the latter wanted to pay a new tribute to one of its legends. “” A year ago, Artur Jorge left us. A great man who has marked the history of Paris Saint-Germain, and whose legacy remains engraved in our memories ”have thus written on X (ex-Twitter) the champions of France in title.
“A great man who marked the history of Paris Saint-Germain”
Appointed PSG coach in 1991, Artur Jorge won the 1993 French Cup, year in which his team made up in particular by David Ginola, George Weah or Bernard Lama dazzled Europe against Real Madrid (4-1 victory In the quarter -finals return from the UEFA Cup). The Portuguese also offered red and blue their second coronation of French champion in 1994.
Artur Jorge had also resulted in Matra Racing (1987-1989) and US Créteil-Lusitanos (2006-2007) in France. The former striker especially won the European Cup of Champion Clubs in 1987 at the head of FC Porto, he who also passed on the sidelines of the Portuguese selection and Benfica Lisbon.
